Europe (Centre‑Right & Christian Democrats)

40+ min ago   (148+ words) The German government is pressing ahead with plans for a fuel rebate aimed at easing high petrol and diesel prices, approving a draft law on the measure, a government spokeswoman said. From October 1 to December 31, the energy tax on petrol…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (126+ words) | Videos Hindustan Times This NATO head will be gone by year-end? AfD says CDU’s collapse has started Merz political twilight Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure after his CDU crashed to 4.9% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, missing the threshold for state parliament…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago   (144+ words) And while the "Die Linke" (The Left) party that has won in Berlin is really a semi-establishment party and has not been subject to a firewall but rather helped built it against the AfD, its victory in the capital still…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (639+ words) GERMANY’S anti-capitalist Left party has won a major state election in Berlin, beating both the ruling Conservatives and the far-right Alternative for Germany. Elif Eralp, dubbed “Germany’s Mamdani”, led Die Linke (the Left Party) to its best result in the…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (240+ words) The leftist Die Linke party won the most votes in Berlin, even as the far right AfD won a state election in the north. In the Berlin state election, Die Linke finished first with 25.3 percent of the vote, ahead of…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1180+ words) September 21, 2026 Hour: 2:52 pm On Sept. 20, the Berlin state election marked a significant political shift in the German capital. Die Linke, Germany’s democratic socialist party, secured first place in the vote under the jurist Elif Eralp. RELATED:Germany’s Die Linke Calls…...

16+ hour, 59+ min ago   (812+ words) Three elections in two weeks have delivered one unmistakable message: Germany’s political center is losing its ability to hold the country together. After the AfD’s landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right party has now emerged as the strongest force in…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (637+ words) The far-left leader pushing to take over as mayor of Berlin promised on Monday to tackle unaffordable rents in the German capital, but faced early pressure to take action over accusations of antisemitism in parts of the local party. Elif…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (825+ words) BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Elections in two German states on Sunday resulted in severe losses for the country’s leading Christian Democrats, whose Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing pressure to keep the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland party at bay. Here are…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago   (650+ words) Minutes after polls closed on Sunday, the unpopular Merz said he planned to stay on as leader of both Germany and his center-right party, and said that he would push through reforms to Europe’s biggest economy. In Sunday’s other election,…...